PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE9079527

DATE OF SIGHTINGMarch 1959

REPORTED LOCATIONHicksville N Y

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Balloon
Hicksville. N.Y. 0 Probably Balloon
0 PossiblyBalloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Local_ O_Ground-Visual Ground-Rador 0 Was Aircraft
0 Probably Aircraft
GMT_ 08/01002 AinVisual Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE x Was Astronomical Ma
Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
D No Civilion 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE 0 Other_
0 Insufficiont Data far Evaluation
D Unknown
ond hr one Westerly
1O. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS 11. COMMENTS
Star shaped obj, size of lemon. Color sise of lemon. Color A check w/the star charts for this
bright white, then turned reddish as it date was made & it was deternined that
faded. the planet Mars was in location given
by source.
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9 MAR 59 07.45
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CZCSQC597ZCSJA041
OPERATIONAL IMMEDAE
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DE RJEDSJ 3 24E4
0 0817302 ZEX TELEPHONED
FM COMDR 2500 AB GP NO.71222 34
TO RJWFAL/COMDR ENT AFB TIME
Date
RJEZSN/COMDR 26TH AIR DIV SAGE By:
RJEDSQ/COMDR AIR TECH CTR RJEDSQ/COMDR AIR TECH CTR
RJEZHQ/ACS INTELLIGENCE HQ USAF RJEZHQ/ACS INTELLIGENCE HQ USAF
RJEZHQ/OIS HQ USAF
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UFO UNCLAS FRON BASE OPS MTL 130-03P.D. FOLLOWING INFORMATION JWING IN, ORMATION
FURNISHED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AFR 200-2, 5 FURNISHED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AFR 200-2,5 1958, 01 RECIEVE
A. (I) STAR SHAPEI LARGE) 100N5
(2LEMON II
(3) BRIGHT WHITE REDDISH AS IT FADED
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(4) ONE
(5) NONZ
(S)NO
(7) NONE
(8) NONE

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(9)NONE
B. (1) WEST NORTH WEST -
(2)AZ 320 EL 60
ye
(3)AZ320 EL 35
(4) WESTERLY
(5) FADED
(6X ONE HOUR)
C. (1) GROUND VISUAL
(2)NONE
(3) NOT APPICABLE
D. (1)0100 ZULU 8 MARCH 1959
(2)NIGHT
F. F. HICKSVILLE HICKS N.Y. MACHINIST N.Y. MACHINIST
(2) NOT APPLICABLE
G. (1) CLEAR 15 MILES
(2) SFC 310/15426 6000 300/10 1000 280/5016000
270/75 20000 260/80 270/75 20000 550000 50000
(3) CLEAR
(4) 15 MILES
(5) NONE
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(6) NONE .
H. (1) NONE
I. NOTIFIED

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(3) CLEAR
(4)15 MILES -
(5) NONE
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(6) NONE
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H (1NONE H(1NONE
I. NOTIFIED (
J. NOT AVAILABLE J. NOT AVAILABLE
K. AIRDROME CFFICER ON DUTY CAPT ROBERT H. NAGEL COMMENT: K. AIRDROME CFFICER ON DUTY CAPT R ROBERT H. NAGEL COMMENT:
FROM DESCRIPTION IT WOULD APPEAR THAT NR. ODDO HAS SIGHTED FROM DESCRIPTIC WOULD APPEAR THAT NR. ODDO HAS SIGHTED
A PLANET WHOSE BRILLIANCE ATTRACTED HIM.
L. NONE
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